Daily Newsletter, January 2, 2025

January releases, more stuff from 2024, and even more

Ljubinko Zivkovic
January 02, 2025

Music News: Full album release schedule for January 2025

There are not many new albums being released in January, but the ones that are will probably contain a lot of gems.

audiophix.com/music-news-full-album-release-schedule-january-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

HOT HALF DOZEN. New Year’s Eve 2024

After going through over 300 songs and albums and videos I recommended in 2024, chose the top 6 – but it wasn’t enough. Too many great songs left behind. The Hot Half Dozen is given you…

indiepulsemusic.com/2024/12/31/hot-half-dozen-new-years-eve-2024/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The 50 best songs of 2024

Featuring the likes of The Cure, Fontaines DC, Warmduscher, Amyl and the Sniffers and more, this is Far Out Magazine's 50 best songs released in 2024.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-50-best-songs-of-2024/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Top 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2024 – This Must Be Pop

thismustbepop.com/the-top-25-most-poptastic-singles-of-2024/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Five best albums of the year for 2024

As 2024 draws to a close it’s a great time to reflect back on the best music of the year.

audiophix.com/five-best-albums-of-year-2024?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Depeche Mode: Pioneers of electronic music with emotional depth

For over four decades, Depeche Mode has stood as a beacon of innovation in modern music, blending the synthetic with the soulful. This English electronic band h

stairwayto11.com/depeche-mode-pioneers-of-electronic-music-with-emotional-depth-01jgewjp64j4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=fansided/magazine/Stairway+to+11

“The combination of music and sex was something I had never encountered in any other group”: How the Rolling Stones married sex, blues and rock’n’roll and launched themselves to notoriety

The story of the exhilarating early ’60s birth of the Rolling Stones

www.loudersound.com/features/rolling-stones-blues-roots-early-1960s?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/bands

The Talking Heads album that changed New York forever

Sonic Youth were a definitely experimental band. But if it wasn't for this Talking Heads record, their career may have been different.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/lee-renaldo-album-broke-new-york-scene-open/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user/FarOutMagazine

Six songs from the 1970s that were never supposed to be hits

These gems from the 1970s were never supposed to be hits, and yet they turned out to be.

audiophix.com/six-songs-1970s-that-were-never-supposed-hits?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

8 things to know before buying a cheap turntable in 2025

The things to think about before spending any money on a cheap turntable

www.techradar.com/audio/turntables/8-things-to-know-before-buying-a-cheap-turntable-in-2025?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=TechRadar/magazine/TechRadar:+The+Full+Screen